IF any of you guys would like a little project and it costs nothing but a trailer and some time - but be quick

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And I wish I lived closer so I could go get it.

Plan to take a break about half way for a fuel and rest stop.. Make any necessary adjustments- more layers of clothing or less. Maybe a bit of food and a bottle or two of water never goes astray. Medical kit - emergency style. A few tools - spare spark plug/s. Mobile phone and let your friends know ...

It will probably take a little while for the strength to come back - hopefully it will not be too long.

Which foot did you break?

You may not have needed to open the bleeder screws, the screwdriver option just pushes the brake fluid back into the master cylinder - as long as you are not too aggressive with it - you should not lose any fluid out of the top of the master.

Glad you got it sorted.

Hi guys, This is not Goldwing related - but Honda related. I own a 1982 CX500 Turbo, which has finally been resurrected, and now running and registered as an historic bike - which lets me ride it about 60 days per year for a nominal registration cost. Soon after getting it back on the road - the fue...

Get a large flat bladed screwdriver or a thin piece of flat metal and pry the pads apart by levering the screwdriver against the pad. Pretty simply you push the pads back into the caliper. Then when they are pushed back, simply put them back on, bolt them up - make sure to put both calipers on and b...

Houston we have a problem then. Do you know the reason it was parked for 10 years??

Oil weep hole behind the water pump. The seal is degrading. Replace the pump and or seal...

Ditto on the timing belts... run some fuel injector cleaner through it for a few tanks - will help as well..everything needs to loosen up and bed itself back in again.

Both bikes for $200 - you won the lottery...

Congratulations - get it running first -

first item - timing belts

see if the motor turns - if not locked up - replace the timing belts

Did I mention - replace the timing belts

There should be no excuse to ever not see that bike wherever you go day or night.

A way to be recognised that's for sure.

Nice to hear of the great result.

It only cost some time and a magnet - so definitely a winner solution.

Is it a release lever for the pannier ?

Top - is the simple response.

I think you have the good bones to put that all back together. Do all the required maintenance before you go riding. Those wires around the battery and solenoid will need some TLC. Definitely go through and first thing would be to replace the timing belts before you do any other work on the motor. A...

Lets see some pictures

Broken timing belt..

We had a massive cold front come across the southern states last week, and this forced the cold front down to lot lower altitudes. The snow was even dropping in the Blue mountains at Katoomba - and it was quite heavy (for our standards anyway). That is an hour away from where I live. Yes I agree in ...

Home from Canberra about an hour ago. Left at 9:!5 this morning.10/8/2019. Ride from Canberra to 35km from Goulburn - wind and rain (sleet) pushing the bike sideways and road quite wet - you could see the snow sitting in the paddocks and clumps of grey snow on the sides of the highway. Speeds went f...

They sound like a bucket of bolts if the sync is not correct and will stumble off idle. My suggestion could well be another carb clean. Backfiring sounds like a blocked jet. Check each float bowl - when on the centre stand and fuel tap off, to measure the volume in each carb bowl. Could be one of th...

With my job, I sometimes get the chance to do a bit of travelling. This year has been no exception. I travel from Home (Penrith - foot of the Blue Mountains) to Canberra (our nations capital). And get to support new graduates into our organisation and support them while they learn how to support our...

Nice job on the bodywork and the painting - I would never have the patience to do it justice.

Glad you were back riding so quickly.

My 2 cents worth would be a blocked heater core - so see if you can disconnect the input and output and try and flush it through. - do it both ways - and see if any crud comes out.

I would drain the radiator and flush it out - it could be blocked, but if it is bubbling in the overflow - have you replaced your radiator cap? Can you be sure your radiator is not blocked internally, remove it and give the whole system a good clean out.

Keep running it till it fails - seems senseless to replace if it is ok - you could have it load tested?